€2.65 billion
in additional funding
(as of November 2022)
(as of November 2022)
Funding by the Federal Government
Funding
German Centres of Excellence for AI Research
Research
Nationwide network of
6
German Centres of Excellence for AI Research
Publications and citations
Research
6,732
published scientific articles (2021)
Professorships established by Federal Government
Research | Skills
100
additional professorships on AI established (since 2019); 33 of them appointed from abroad
(as of May 2022)
(as of May 2022)
AI Monitoring: Describing the state of Artifical Intelligence in Germany
What is the state of research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Germany? To what extent is the transfer of AI technologies from science to application in economy successful? Where are AI competencies being developed and how widespread are they among the population? The AI Monitoring of Plattform Lernende Systeme provides key figures on the status quo and on the potential for further development of AI research and transfer in Germany.
Junior Research Groups on AI
Reserach | Skills
56
Junior Research Groups for increased support of young scientists
(as of April 2023)
Grant programs for SMEs
Transfer
44
public programs to promote AI in SMEs
(as of April 2023)
(as of April 2023)
AI patents
Transfer
825
AI patents were newly filed by scientists from Germany in 2020
Learning opportunities at high schools
Skills
Mandatory or optional Computer Science classes in
11
federal states (as of 2023)
Study programs related to AI
Skills
204
study programs with AI focus
168
study programs with Data Science focus
(as of April 2023)
(as of April 2023)
AI startups
Transfer
313
AI startups founded (in the past 10 years)
$1.98
billion in private investment (2021)
Publicly funded Transfer Hubs
Transfer
111
publicly funded Transfer Hubs on AI
(as of 2023)
(as of 2023)
Professionals' AI skills
Skills
3.6%
of employees have AI skills or are professionally involved with AI (as of 2021)